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STEPHEN JAY GOULD
(September 10, 1941~May 20, 2002)
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EDUCATION AND TEACHING |
| 1996-2002 |
Vincent Astor Visiting Research Professor of Biology, New York University |
| 1982-2002 |
Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Harvard University |
| 1973-2002 |
Professor of Geology, Harvard University and Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology,
Museum of Comparative Zoology. |
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Member of Committee of Professors, Dept. of Biology, |
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Adjunct Member, Department of the History of Science |
| 1971-1973 |
Associate
Professor of Geology and Associate Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology,
Harvard University |
| 1967-1971 |
Assistant
Professor of Geology and Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology,
Harvard University |
| 1967 |
Ph.D.,
Columbia University |
| 1966
(Summer) |
Instructor in Geology, Antioch College |
| 1963 |
B.A.
in Geology, Antioch College |
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HONORARY
DEGREES |
| 1999 |
Doctor
of Science, Iona University, Yonkers, NY
Doctor of Science, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti |
| 1998 |
Doctor
of Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
| 1997 |
Doctor
of Environmental Science, Unity College, Maine |
| 1995 |
Doctor
of Science, Middlebury College
Doctor of Science, University of Leicester, England |
| 1994 |
Doctor
of Science, Berea College
Doctor of Science, University of Glasgow, Scotland |
| 1993 |
Doctor
of Science, University of Maine
Doctor of Science, University of St. Andrews, Scotland |
| 1992 |
Doctor
of Humane Letters, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Doctor of Science, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Doctor of Science, Queens College, City University of New
York, NY
Doctor of Science, Leeds University, England |
| 1991 |
Doctor
of Science, American University
Doctor of Science, Ripon College
Doctor of Science, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1990 |
Doctor
of Science, University of Missouri, St. Louis
Doctor of Science, Clark University |
| 1989 |
Doctor
of Science, Duke University
Doctor of Humane Letters, Westfield State College |
| 1988 |
Doctor
of Science, Pomona College
Doctor of Humane Letters, Bank Street College of Education
Doctor of Humanities, Northeastern University
Doctor of Science, Dickinson College |
| 1987 |
Doctor
of Science, Union College
Doctor of Humane Letters, Hofstra University
Doctor of Science, Rutgers University
Doctor of Science, Bates College |
| 1986 |
Doctor
of Humane Letters, New School for Social Research
Doctor of Science, Bard College
Doctor of Science, Kalamazoo College
Doctor of Science, State University of New York
Doctor of Science, Long Island University |
| 1985 |
Doctor
of Science, Williams College |
1984 |
Doctor
of Science, Denison University
Doctor of Humane Letters, Colgate University
Doctor of Science, University of Maryland
Doctor of Humane Letters, Pace University
Doctor of Humane Letters, Suffolk University |
| 1983 |
Doctor
of Science, MacAlester College
Doctor of Laws, Antioch College |
| 1982 |
Doctor
of Humane Letters, Marlboro College
Doctor of Science, Bucknell University |
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MEMBERSHIPS
AND FELLOWSHIPS |
| 1990 |
Fellow
of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland |
| 1989 |
Member,
National Academy of Sciences
Associate, Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris |
| 1985 |
Honorary
Foreign Fellow, European Union of Geosciences
Foreign Member, Linnaean Society of London |
| 1983
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Fellow, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 1981-1986 |
MacArthur
Foundation Prize Fellowship (in first group of awardees) |
| 1975 |
Fellow, American
Association for the Advancement of Science |
Memberships |
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American
Academy of Arts & Sciences
American Society of Naturalists
History of Science Society
Linnean Society of London
Member of the Paleontological Society
National Academy of Sciences
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Sigma-Xi, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Society for American Baseball Research
Society for the Study of Evolution
Society for the Study of Sports History
Society of Systematic Zoology
The Paleontological Association (UK) |
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OFFICES
AND SERVICE |
| 1994 |
Member,
Board of Trustees, Rockefeller Foundation |
| 1992-1994 |
Member,
Commission on the Future, Smithsonian Institution |
| 1992 |
Member
of Board, British Museum (Natural History) International Foundation |
| 1991-1993 |
Member
of Board, SIPI |
| 1990-1991 |
President,
Society for the Study of Evolution |
| 1989-1993 |
International
Board of Advisors, Galerie de L'Evolution Muséum d'Histoire
Naturelle, Paris |
| 1989-1991 |
Member,
Space Exploration Council, NASA |
| 1989 |
Member
of Council, National Portrait Gallery |
| 1988 |
Life
Trustee, Bermuda Biological Station |
| 1986-1991 |
Board
of Editors, Science Magazine |
| 1985-1986 |
President,
Paleontological Society |
| 1980-1992 |
Advisory
Board, NOVA |
| 1978-1981 |
Advisory
Board, Children's Television Workshop |
| 1979-1980 |
Vice
President, and Acting President, American Society of Naturalists |
| 1977-1980 |
Editorial
Board, American Naturalist |
| 1976-1979 |
Member,
Board of Directors, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study |
| 1976-1988 |
Member,
Smithsonian Council (General Visiting Committee of the U.S.N.M.) |
| 1976-1977 |
Committee
on Council Affairs, American Association for the Advancement of Science
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| 1975-1976 |
Vice
President, Society for the Study of Evolution |
| 1975-1977 |
Member
of the Board of Syndics, Harvard University Press |
| 1974-1976 |
Editorial
Board, Paleobiology |
| 1974-1976 |
Member
of Council, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 1973-1975 |
Counselor,
Paleontological Society |
| 1970-1972 |
Editorial
Board, Systematic Zoology |
| 1970-1972 |
Associate
Editor, Evolution |
| 1968-1970 |
Secretary-Treasurer,
Harvard-Radcliffe Chapter, Society of the Sigma-Xi |
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AWARDS
Literary Awards |
| 1994 |
St.
Louis Libraries Literary Award, University of St.Louis. |
| 1992 |
Golden
Trilobite Award for excellence in paleontological writing, The Paleontological
Society. |
| 1991 |
Nominee
and Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for Wonderful Life
Rhone-Poulenc Prize (Britain's leading award for science books)
for Wonderful Life
Iglesias Prize (Leading Italian book award) for translation
of Mismeasure of Man |
| 1990 |
Forkosch
Award, by th Council on Democratic Humanism for best book on a humanistic
subject, for Wonderful Life
Phi Beta Kappa Book Award in Science for Wonderful Life |
| 1987 |
American
Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, H.D.Vursell Award for "recent
writing in book form that merits recognition for the quality of its
prose style." |
| 1986 |
Creative
Arts Award, Brandeis University, Citation in Non-Fiction |
| 1983 |
Outstanding
Book Award, American Educational Research Association for The Mismeasure
of Man
Phi Beta Kappa Book Award in Science for Hen's Teeth and Horse's
Toes |
| 1982 |
National
Book Critics Circle Award, General Non-Fiction, for The Mismeasure
of Man |
| 1981 |
National
Book Award in Science for The Panda's Thumb |
| 1980 |
National
Magazine Award in Essays and Criticism for This View of Life |
Academic Awards and Medals |
| 1997 |
Distinguished
Scientist Award, UCLA, CSEOL (Committee for the Study and Early Evolution
of Life) |
| 1993 |
State
of Massachusetts, Commonwealth Award in Interpretive Science (first
time given)
Lilly Lecturer, Royal College of Physicians, London
"Human Talk!" Lecturer, Muratec, Kyoto, Japan
J. P. McGovern Award and Medal in Science, Cosmos Club, Washington,
DC |
| 1992 |
Homer
Smith Medal, New York University School of Medicine
Gold Medal for Service to Zoology, Linnaean Society of London
Distinguished Service Medal, Teachers College, Columbia University
UCLA Medal, University of California, Los Angeles
James T. Shea Award for excellence in geological writing, National
Association of Geology Teachers |
| 1991 |
Inaugural
Lecture for Isaiah Berlin Annual Lectureship, Wolfson College, Oxford
University
Distinguished Service Award, National Association of Biology Teachers |
| 1990 |
Edinburgh
Medal, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Britannica Award & Gold Medal for dissemination of public knowledge |
| 1989 |
Tanner
Lectures, Stanford University
T.N. George Medal, University of Glasgow
Mike Mansfield Lecture, Tokyo (Inaugural Presentation)
Sue T. Friedman Medal (for History of Geology), Geological Society
of London
Distinguished Service Award, American Institute of Professional Geologists |
| 1988 |
History
of Geology Award, Geological Society of America |
| 1987 |
Anthropology
in Media Award, American Anthropological Association |
| 1986 |
Terry
Lectures, Yale University
Distinguished Service Award, American Geological Institute
Glenn T. Seaborg Award for contribution to public interest in science,
International Platform Association
In Praise of Reason Award, CSICOP |
| 1985 |
Westinghouse
Science Film Award (to Producers L. Harrar and B. Costa) for NOVA
profile: "Stephen Jay Gould: This View of Life" Annual Meetings, American
Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 1984 |
Distinguished
Service Award, American Humanists Association
Tanner Lectures, Cambridge University
Silver Medal, Zoological Society of London
Meritorious Service Award, American Association of Systematics Collections
Bradford Washburn Award and Gold Medal, Museum of Science, Boston
Founders' Council Award of Merit, Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago
John and Samuel Bard Award in Medicine and Science, Bard College |
| 1983 |
J.
Priestley Award and Medal, Dickinson College
Neil Miner Award for excellence in teaching, National Association
of Geology Teachers
Humanist Laureate, Academy of Humanism |
| 1982 |
Medal
of Excellence, Columbia University
F.V. Haydn Medal, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences |
| 1981 |
Discover
Magazine, Scientist of the Year |
| 1975 |
Schuchert
Award for excellence in paleontological research for a paleontologist
under age 40. |
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GRANTS
AND FELLOWSHIPS |
| 1969-2002 |
Principal
Investigator, National Science Foundation grants |
| 1963-1967 |
National
Science Foundation Fellow
Woodrow Wilson Fellow (Honorary)
Columbia University Fellow (Honorary) |
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